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1 Astronomy

• Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars with the solar system near the centre

2 Awards

• Copley Medal: George Edwards

3 Births

• March 16 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer (died 1848See also Other events of 1848 List of years in science. 1847 in science 1848 in science 1849 in science. The year 1848 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Neb)
• Nicolas Francois AppertNicolas Francois Appert ( 1750 1841) was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. He opened the first commercial cannery in the world. Appert, Nicolas Francois., French pioneer of food preservation by canning (died 1841See also Other events of 1841 List of years in science. 1840 in science 1841 in science 1842 in science. The year 1841 in science and technology Mathematics Karl Weierstrass discovers but does not publish the Laurent expansion theorem Awards Copley Medal:)
• Aaron Arrowsmith , English cartographer (died 1823See also Other events of 1823 List of years in science. 1822 in science 1823 in science 1824 in science. The year 1823 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Olbers' paradox is described by the German astr)
• Jean Nicolas Fortin , French physicist and instrument maker who invented a portable mercury barometer in 1800The year 1800 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1799 in science, other events of 1800, 1801 in science and the list of years in science. Awards Copley Medal: Edward Howard Births February 11 William Fo (died 1831See also Other events of 1831 List of years in science. 1830 in science 1831 in science 1832 in science. The year 1831 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Heinrich Schwabe makes the first detailed drawi)
• Christian Sprengel , German botanist (died 1816See also Other events of 1816 List of years in science. 1815 in science 1816 in science 1817 in science. The year 1816 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Physics David Brewster discovers stress birefringence Tec)

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